It has been almost 25 years since Palace have faced Oxford United in a competitive fixture so the Eagles head to the Kassam Stadium for the League Cup Second Round tie.
DATE
23rd August 2022
VENUE
Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4XP
KICK OFF
7.45pm
PREVIOUS MEETING
It has been some time since these two sides have met in a competitive fixture, but Palace last made the short trip to Oxford in December 1998 for a Championship fixture, returning to South London after a deserved 3-1 win.
Craig Foster gave the visitors the lead before Dean Windass equalised with a fine free kick effort. Palace were always the better team and Clinton Morrison proved it by netting to give the Eagles the lead once again before Lee Bradbury had his legs taken from under him in the box, dusted himself down to despatched the ball into the net for the third goal.
OFFICIALS
- Referee – Peter Bankes
- Assistants – Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh
- Fourth official – James Bell
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Nathan Ferguson, Jack Butland, James McArthur and James Tomkins are all ruled out through injury
OXFORD – Neither Marcus Browne, Yanic Wildschut, Josh Murphy or Sam Baldock are expected to feature
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS (2+) – Steve Seddon (3), Marcus Browne (2)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 26/12/98 Oxford 1-3 Palace
- 22/08/98 Palace 2-0 Oxford
- 01/03/97 Oxford 1-4 Palace
- 07/12/96 Palace 2-2 Oxford
- 02/04/94 Palace 2-1 Oxford
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 20/08/22 Palace 3-1 Villa
- 15/08/22 Liverpool 1-1 Palace
- 05/08/22 Palace 0-2 Arsenal
- 30/07/22 Palace 4-2 Montpellier
- 23/07/22 QPR 0-3 Palace
Last FIVE results for Oxford;
- 20/08/22 Oxford 1-1 Morecambe
- 16/08/22 Oxford 1-2 Lincoln City
- 13/08/22 Bristol Rovers 1-0 Oxford
- 09/08/22 Oxford 2-2 Swansea
- 06/08/22 Oxford 1-0 Cambridge
RECORD AGAINST OXFORD
- Played 16
- Won 10
- Drawn 4
- Lost 2
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Wilfried Zaha 7.31
- Eberechi Eze 7.25
- Elliott Moore 7.06
- Sam Long 6.95
ONE TO WATCH
KYLE JOSEPH
FORMER CLUBS – Wigan Athletic, Swansea City, Cheltenham Town (loan)
The on-loan Swansea striker scored his first goal for the club in their draw with Morecambe at the weekend.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Oxford find themselves in round two of the League Cup after victory over Championship side Swansea City in round 1
- Last season, Palace exited in round two at the hands of Watford thanks to a late goal in a 1-0 defeat
- Oxford are currently 19th in League One with 4 points from 5 games
- Palace are currently on a 6 games unbeaten run against Oxford
- Oxford last managed to beat Palace in March 1989, a 1-0 home win
- Top scorer for Oxford is former Liverpool graduate Cameron Brannagan (2)
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (3 – 2nd in PL)
- ASSISTS – Eze/ Edouard/ Mitchell (1 – 9th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (192 – 13th in PL)
- TACKLES – Jeffrey Schlupp (10 – 6th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (239 – 10th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (8 – 11th in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (8 – 10th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
Despite being founded in 1893, Oxford United have only been known as such since 1960. For the 70 years prior to that, they were officially known as Headington United. They were renamed in order to give their club a higher profile.
PREDICTION
It is about time Palace took this competition seriously and with the squad that Patrick Vieira is building there should be an opportunity to get through the early rounds if the draw is kind. Having said that, this is a tricky away tie at a club who has already taken a significant scalp in the previous round.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1 to Palace
BETTING ODDS WITH SKY BET
- Home – 11/2
- Draw – 16/5
- Away – 4/9
- Both teams to score – 1/1
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